Harvard CAMLab Fall Public Visits
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesDuring Public Visits, CAMLab welcomes our audiences to explore immersive installations that stage cultural history with digital technologies. CAMLab Cave Public Visits are guided group tours. Reservations are limited to 15 per hour, in order to preserve the experiential dimension of CAMLab’s multisensorial project installations. Tours are led by a team of Harvard Student Educators, […]
Fears of Inheritance Disruption: Tracing ‘Establishing Heirs’ in Ancient and Early Imperial China
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Hsinning Liu, Academia Sinica; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24Chair/Discussant: Michael Puett, Harvard University It is widely acknowledged that in Imperial China, the system of inheritance adhered to the principle of patrilineal succession, which bore the responsibility for performing ancestral sacrifices. Consequently, every man was obligated to have a male heir. In cases where he did […]
Urban China Series Featuring Leonardo Ramondetti: The Enriched Field: Urbanizing the Central Plains of China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Leonardo Ramondetti, Post-doctoral Researcher, Politecnico di Torino Since the early 2000s, China has seen unprecedented urban growth, spreading to every corner of the country. Driven by the urban entrepreneurialism of major municipalities until the mid-2000s, the reins have since passed to the central and regional administrations which plan development in a more comprehensive and […]
Christine Gschwendtner – Unlocking the Flexibility of Electric Vehicle Charging: Combining Plug-in Behavior, Control Strategies, and Incentives
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Christine Gschwendtner, Postdoctoral Fellow, Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP), Harvard Kennedy School More information coming soon. Christine Gschwendtner is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University, focusing on sustainable energy systems. She is particularly interested in the intersection of infrastructure and human behavior, specifically related to decarbonizing […]
Modern China Lecture Series featuring Shellen Wu – Writing Global History from an Asian Perspective
CGIS South Room S354 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Shellen X. Wu, Associate Professor and L.H. Gipson Chair in Transnational History, Lehigh University Global history has drawn criticism for its lack of diversity among its practicing ranks and the flattening effect of its materialist focus. I would like to propose a middle way: a global history that encompasses individual agency; an intellectual history […]
Harvard CAMLab Fall Public Visits
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesDuring Public Visits, CAMLab welcomes our audiences to explore immersive installations that stage cultural history with digital technologies. CAMLab Cave Public Visits are guided group tours. Reservations are limited to 15 per hour, in order to preserve the experiential dimension of CAMLab’s multisensorial project installations. Tours are led by a team of Harvard Student Educators, […]
Sabine Stricker-Kellerer – Partner, Competitor, Systemic Rival: Germany/EU´s Business with China
Morgan Courtroom, Austin Hall 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Attorney and German Co-Chair of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum, German Federal Foreign Office Dr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer (LL.M. 1983) is a leading international legal expert on China business, with over 40 years’ experience on topics such as the establishment and restructuring of foreign investment projects in China, aspects of corporate structuring and regulatory […]
Objects of Addiction: A Conversation about Opium and Anti-Chinese Immigration Laws in the United States
Presented via ZoomSpeakers:Erika Lee, Bae Family Professor of History, Harvard UniversityJolin Chan ’25, Harvard University; Student Board Member, Harvard Art MuseumsMadison Stein ’24, Harvard University Award-winning author and Harvard history professor Erika Lee will be in conversation with students Jolin Chan ’25 and Madison Stein ’24 about the role of opium in the restrictions on Chinese immigration in the […]
Harvard CAMLab Fall Public Visits
Sackler Building, Lower Level 485 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesDuring Public Visits, CAMLab welcomes our audiences to explore immersive installations that stage cultural history with digital technologies. CAMLab Cave Public Visits are guided group tours. Reservations are limited to 15 per hour, in order to preserve the experiential dimension of CAMLab’s multisensorial project installations. Tours are led by a team of Harvard Student Educators, […]
Environment in Asia Series featuring Scott Moore – The Climate Risk to China’s Rise: Political, Economic, and Ecological Implications of Extreme Weather in China
CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Scott Moore, Practice Professor of Political Science and Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania Convener of the Environment in Asia series: Ling Zhang, Associate Professor, Boston College There is a growing case that of the world’s major economies China’s is most heavily exposed to climate risks. This talk probes the […]
Urban China Series Featuring Yang Yuzhen — The Production of Public Space and Collective Memory: A Chinese Inland City Across Time 杨宇振:公共空间与集体记忆的生产——一个中国内陆城市的历时样本
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Yang Yuzhen, Professor of Architecture and Urban Development, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University ***This talk will be in Mandarin.*** Modern public spaces in Chinese cities have undergone significant changes over the past century. The transformation of Chongqing, an inland city, is an essential part of China's modernization process from east to […]
Architecture of Virtuality: Liao Dynasty Pagodas and the Embodiment of Buddhist Vision
Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave. 2 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSpeaker: Youn-mi Kim, Ewha Womans University; HYI Visiting Scholar, 2023-24Chair/discussant: Ryuichi Abe, Harvard University This talk explores the pagodas of China’s Liao dynasty (907-1125), uncovering the intricate relationships between the materiality of Buddhist architecture and its entwined vision and virtuality. It’s essential to recognize that Buddhist materiality is deeply connected with its immateriality. This dual […]